Here's Why You Should Care About Jack Johnson's Final Fight
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- Опубліковано 29 гру 2016
- For weeks now we have been telling you about PIX11’s efforts to expose and then remedy a racially motivated injustice against Jack Johnson - America’s first Black heavyweight boxing champion.
This week - we flew to Chicago to put a face to a name.
The face…of Linda E. Haywood - a ‘Windy City” descendent of Jack Johnson - his great-great niece.
Haywood still has vintage family photographs, documents, and just as importantly - an oral history…a testimony really, about the pain her great, great uncle - carried with him - to his grave.
For the first time ever, the Johnson family is now personally involved in the presidential pardon process.
Ms. Haywood is working with Harvard Law School professor Ron Sullivan - a recognized expert in the field - to get a petition drafted and before President Obama - before he leaves office next month.
"I'm black, they never let me forget it.
I'm black alright...
I never let them forget it".
--Jack Johnson (Heavyweight Boxing Champion 1908-1915)
Back in 2016, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nevada, and McCain, along with Reps. Peter King, R-New York & Gregory Meeks, D-New York, petitioned Obama Admin to grant Jack Johnson a pardon. The bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter to Obama White House asking that the pardon be given in honor of the 70th anniversary of the boxer's death. Disappointingly, President Obama failed to do the right thing.
Ironically, on 05/24/2018, Prez Trump did the right thing! A posthumous Pardon was awarded to boxer Jack Johnson.
"Today I've issued an executive grant of clemency, a full pardon, posthumously, to John Arthur 'Jack' Johnson ...The first African-American heavyweight champion of the world, a truly great fighter. Had a tough life".
Johnson was a proud man who rightfully believed he was equal to anyone of color. During those days it was unacceptable for a Black man to love a White woman.
"We have done something today that was very important, because we righted a wrong," Trump said. "Jack Johnson was not treated fairly & we have corrected it. I'm very honored to have done it."
Interestingly Jack Johnson passed away on June 10th 1946...four days before President Trump was born.
;-)
So a so called white, racist president pardoned Johnson, when the 1st black president, who could have, didn't. Hmmm.😐
@@cameronhamilton7439 Meanwhile, a white commissioner could take Shoeless Joe Jackson and Pete Rose off the permanently banned list from baseball so they could be eligible for Hall of Fame consideration. What exactly is your point, Cameron?
@@cameronhamilton7439 HEs racist cuz CNN said so
The interviewer kind of looks like Jack Johnson.
I thought he was a descendant at first!
My thoughts exactly
All bald white men look the same to prick
You are a idiot considering the fact it looks like you have color in you. You sound like a white person for that stupid ass comment
@@Whareva How about you give me your address so you can can say this to my face? Don't piss me off internet thug
President Trump has done the right thing and pardoned this man. No other president has even come close to righting this terrible wrong.
@Proper Bruh why you copying the same false comment and pasting it under every comment here? Are you such a virgin you have to seem tough online? Come on down 😂
Obama sure as hell didn't. What exactly did he do for black people besides make them feel good because a black man got elected Prez?🤔
He gets some black votes for this. At least he addressed it as a man concerned.
Wow! What an irony. Obama twiddled his thumbs and chose not to pardon Jack Johnson worrying about his legacy. Trump gets to it right away and pardons him in style in company with Stallone, Lennox and Deontay at the White House. Happy for the family.
Fuck Obama administration! He was put in office to keep us sleep and it worked
Trump also used his fame and twitter platform to legitimize the notion that Obama wasn’t a natural born citizen who had infiltrated the US. Hmm I wonder what is more important. Pardoning a boxer people had long forgotten about vs inciting racist bigotry with a conspiracy theory. 🤔
@@caulijutsu1575 stfu
Special thanks to resting soldier JOHN MCCAIN as well.
Proper point is action speaks louder than words. It’s what you do that matters not what you daydream about.
Obama had the grand opportunity to pardon Johnson and he pass it up. Trump will be remembered for his role in pardoning Johnson.
"Swag" I don't think begins to describe Jack Johnson. He truly lived larger than life.
Jack Johnson needs no pardon, for he did nothing wrong. His family however deserve a public apology, and maybe compensation for the injustice their ancestor had to bear.
Yep. Money. MoMoneyMoMoneyMoMoney.
Jack Johnson was possibly the greatest heavyweight of ALL TIME. He was a victim of racism, no question. The violation of the MANN ACT charge is bogus.
mike Tyson would have knocked his ass out
Tehron BERTRAND never!
jasona9 with al respect for his achiefments and in a difficult era also but for the boxing itself as a sport and his skills of that time was not on the leavel of later boxers like joe lewis, rocky marciano, Ali and Tyson..yes he paved the way for later boxers but the sport wasn't yet evolved like knowadays...if you look closely to the films of that time you don't see flicking jabs, slipping punches and real technique like boxing in the later years, it was al brute force, raw swinging punches and outmuscle the opponent back in that day
Yes, he was, and I loved his attitude he feared no man.
EVR Almere, I beg to differ with you. Jack Johnson is on a very short list of possible GOAT heavyweight boxers. You wrote, "it was all brute force". I do not see that. Johnson did not beat Jim Jefferies with brute force. He was a defensive wizard that wore down his opponents and eventually KO'd them. Have you ever watched the CHAMPIONS FOREVER Documentary hosted by Reggie Jackson? During the dinner portion the immortal Larry Holmes gave Jack a tremendous compliment. Larry Holmes said, "I could have beat Joe Louis, Ali and Marciano" Holmes continued, "The only one that would have given me problems was Jack Johnson". Read between the lines, Holmes was saying that Johnson would have given any heavyweight champion a tough fight.
And finally, President Trump pardoned JJ.
WELL DONE SIR!
Jack Johnson was a very interesting man. RIP Jack Johnson
He's not fucking interesting he was just a black man who was destroying white fighters and as always white people hated it
I would like this great American to be pardoned.
Trump did pardon him
Thank you President Trump.
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he had swag
Trump will pardon Johnson.
There's nothing to pardon him for
You were absolutely right!! Thank God for Donald Trump!!
@@proper2263 after seeing your dumb comment at least half a dozen times, it's obvious you're a bot.
Loved the docu.
More than most i Understand this, Being the Grandson of Bumpy Johnson my family knows how others profit off of our family history
Linda you did the right thing Jack Johnson was one of the greatest black men who ever lived peace,bro ali.
Indeed he was...one of the greatest black men or ever lived....amen
Justice has prevailed
Wouldn't mind meeting Miss Haywood. I've been a fan of her uncle since I studied the Great White Hope screenplay in high school... A LONG time ago!
Unfortunately she passed away early this year.
@@alpaphoenix3252
Glad she got to see at least a sliver of retribution, of not full on justice. Glad Jack got pardoned. But the conviction should be overturned!
they need to give him a pardon. back in those days racism was bad not only for blacks. my father and grandfather were Italian immigrants. treated them like shit. God bless Jack Johnson Soul let him rest in peace give him a pardon.
They didn't treat the Irish great for a long time either.
wow she was a seamstress for me some years back, God Bless
JJ was way ahead of his time !!!
Update: President Trump, called by people like Eric Holder a racist, gladly and enthusiastically pardoned Jack Johnson. He also pushed and got real prison reform bringing a long awaited reprieve for many black Americans who had received extraordinarily harsh sentences.
where is the link to the petition would like to sign the pardon petition.
"Unforgivable Blackness" is a magnificent documentary. Jack Johnson was a great man and a great boxer. He not only had to fight against his opponents in the ring, he also had to fight against the system of White Supremacy.
I'm happy to see he was pardoned by President Trump.
If I were President I would pardon Jack Johnson. Firstly because no crime was actually committed to begin with and secondly he is an historical figure that showed what America is supposed to be about "FREEDOM".
Plus the Mann Act was contrived solely for the purpose of entrapping Johnson.
VERY SAD.....
Donald Trump need to give Johnson a pardon since Obama was so bad.
Cant believe a decent modern film aint been made about johnson,its an amazng story what he went through
Thinking the same thing
They need to make a movie about his life
There are documentaries.
Jack was larger than life.
That 2005 documentary on jack Johnson was amazing
There arent enough people like Jack. Across races, across the dominant narrative's lies, Jack is a hero for ALL HUMANITY. REST IN POWER. REST IN STRENGTH. NO GODS CAN EVER MEASURE UP TO THE SACRIFICE JACK GAVE, TO THUMB HIS NOSES AT THE DOMINANT LIES. REST IN POWER JACK. A TRUE., ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, RARE ACTUAL HERO. Thank you Jack for letting the world see Your light. Never dead. Always ahead. I wish I had met you .
Ms. Haywood is terrific !
I went to school with a kid in the 70's who was a great grandson of Jack Johnson in St.Louis Missouri.
Mike Sheng All due respect to you sir but the kid who told you that he was Jack Johnson's grandson was telling a lie. My uncle never had any children.
@@lindaehaywood2915 FACTS
@@lindaehaywood2915 I've never heard that Jack Johnson had a child either!
out of everything the niece could talk about is his swag
Well I just want to congratulate them on the pardon and may I also say as a white woman I think it was very discriminatory against his wives and girlfriends to say they could not marry or date the world champion because they were white. If that was my husband I would be offended.
Anna Vajda Extremely sad for the females that were in his life because they suffered mistreatment from both races, whites and blacks.
@@cflo1386 even sadder as they faced the mistreatment by Johnson himself who beat multiple of his wives and abused one until she committed suicide
Of course you would be offended!
And thanks to the Greatest, Donald J. Trump! 🇺🇸
Proper ....lemme guess, you wuz oppressed?? Upset you’re a failure? Might want to delete and look up the rink again. Utter idiot. Not surprising. 😂🙈😂🙈😂
the first black President couldn't bring himself to pardon the first black Heavyweight Champion. thanks again, TRUMP
SIKE01 this is the comment
Really, this is supposed to mean something, 45 pardoning Jack Johnson??????
The historical significance of The first black President pardoning the first black heavyweight champion is completely lost on you. TRUMP should pardon TYSON.
@Proper LOL if you think the Trump economy had more to do with Obama than with cutting regulations, taxes, and harder negotiating with other nations then I don't know where to start.
Interesting thing is that Johnson became champion in 1908 and Obama was elected in 2008. It would have been pretty cool if Obama had granted the pardon.
Jack Johnson is the definition of swagger
To the Anti-Obamas' I will say this as it relates to 'Pardons'....I think ESPIONAGE is a far worse crime than what they accused Jack Johnson [100 years ago] and look what happened, Not to mention the Oscar Lopez Rivera pardon ! I sense that pardon for Jack Johnson is gonna happen by way of Donald J. Trump....WATCH WHAT I TELL YA' !!!
Just watched this epic fighter and fighting footage. The best fighter ever.Pardon For the best heavyweight fighter. He came to Australia 🇦🇺. Like the term he had “Swag” no boy in him.
TRUMP didn't even hesitate...
I am so pleased Jack has been now pardoned. He is a real hero for me. At least Trump got that one very right!
Some that went through should fight.
My greatngrand father had to move his family from the south Carolina they was a biracial couple who moved to the north to give their children a change of life.
back in the south in was against to married black and white couples my dad family when through that his mother as a little girl.
My great grand mother and grand father went to get their education in the north N.Y. city my father grew up in New York and my great grand fathe died my grand mother moved to New Jersey .
My than after high school went to the Services ad a young man and meet my mom than married her than had 8 children between my mom already having 4 kids and one on the way by another relationship that ended with my mother other kids father moved to the state of Michigan.
later came back to take his Child back with him to raise my three brother and sisters
the other Child was raise by my father and given my father name. to the baby .
This is great to know about family history that tells you who you really is and where tour going in life.
I am grateful for my biological birth parents who I have been raise around my father family and mother family growing up.
The Holmes
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The Shults
Nikka what?
why choose the enemy to marry....
minister b. Williams
it's like smoking man, you know it's bad and will eventually take its toll on you but hey, most ppl and i do mean most this day and age are not that intelligent.
Not even gone lie…at 0:13 I was kinda shook for a sec like HUH😳
Amazing! Thanks for pardoning him President Trump!
26 rounds dammmmm
Update, president Trump pardoned Jack Johnson, not president Obama.
TOOK A BOXING FAN DONALD J TRUMP TO PARDON HIM
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It's for the future...
Ken Burn mentioned Johnson as an abuser of Etta in "Unforgivable Blackness".
if there was any wrong it was done to him
wow
Now there should be a pardon for, Marcus Garvey.
And Cyndi Garvey.
And Eldridge Cleaver.
And Beaver Cleaver.
I am not black but getting a pardon now is worst.. whatever happened let it stay as is don’t let the criminals get away twice. The racism will have won again if it’s erased from the history book of what really happened..I’m not family so I understand if they want to correct the wrong against their family member
We as people of color understand this but just like in boxing today black fighters find similar issues but it's promoters and racsit so called boxing experts. Ali, Mayweather and host of other fighters of color face people such as Larry Merchant and Jim Lampley who disrespect fighters of color even at times tarnishing their names or talking about issues that have nothing to do with their boxing careers. Look at Ward and how he was treated by these so called boxing experts who were upset about his wins over the Russian. In the state of America with a President such as Trump are we to believe race and prejudice doesn't enter the Boxing World.
so what does it matter
Aaron Pryor wife told me Aaron was a descendant of him
I have to find her
what good is him getting a pardon is going to do he's already dead
Obama all talk Trump all action
@Proper or @proper dummy, woke up dude dont be rebel without a cause, Obamacon has got you conned because your stupid by choice
Jack Johnson only beat little OLD men
That's very true
Unrepentant haters!
I'll sign it. And I'll get others to as well. Damn that Ex Fed
EDIT: Well I guess it worked and Trump listened to me. ;)
Wow Jack Johnson definitely was something else I have that PBS unforgivable blackness that's a good one to put in your archives for you too put in your library it's a good one
& PUT HIM IN THE HALL OF FAME
Holder =POS
ex-president Obama ( so called brother), with the power and authority to make the pardon on behalf of Jack Johnson; meaning, let's say that he may have had good intentions( giving him the benefit of the doubt); however, the record reveals to the contrary.
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Sylvester Stallone called me with the story of heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson. His trials and tribulations were great, his life complex and controversial. Others have looked at this over the years, most thought it would be done, but yes, I am considering a Full Pardon!
look at all of this democrats giving false hopes. instead of giving a pardon to jack Johnson obama pardon criminals. do not worry this president will give Mr jack Johnson, a full pardon that is going to bring peace to your family. may his soul rest in peace.
@Proper hi, I am Joe Biden Joe Biden husband.thats your gay
@Proper admitted Joe Biden is the wrong demented person to run.
Shame...shame
Happy pres Trump came through for you on that pardon
Thanks to POTUS DJT Jack Johnson was finally Pardoned
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jack johnson will be pardoned he deserves it also others
C Grant Trump probably would pardon him before Obama would this is some Bullshit
He was indeed the Muhammad Ali of his era ever so dare to stand against the Whites.
And Jack Johnson was so hated and despised by the Whites though it was no fault of his.
Remember then in the early years of the 20th century it was common for Whites to frown upon and look down on blacks especially in the Southern States.
Unfortunately for Johnson he boxed in an era where racism still rule the roost.And that came to a hilt when James Jeffries was coaxed out of retirement to challenge Johnson for the title.That fight in 4 July 1910 was racism at its worst with the Whites hoping that the undefeated Jeffries would finally end Johnson's nine year unbeaten record.Not only that but that of Johnson's outrageous behaviour in bedding and marry a white woman that apparently angered and despised by many Whites.
Johnson held on to his title until that fight with the much more taller Jess Willard at Havana Cuba in 1915.Little did one expect Johnson to relinquish his title that he had held for seven years since wresting it from Tommy Burns at Sydney Australia on 26 December 1908.That day on sweltering heat he went down for the count and did not bother to raise up lending credence that he had given up his title without a whimper just to satisfy the Whites?It may be so but it is very hard to swallow that.Well it maybe Johnson saying,"Well that is it and I think my reign as the champion is over,"
Dude was beat by Willard , Johnson's title defenses were laughable almost all against old people or middleweights, always drew the color line after winning the title and was usually inactive from 1912 on. Willard was a strong man with endurance and gave a beating to the old out of practice and shape Johnson.
@@TheNewHugeCountryBoys
Johnson was 'inactive' because of a bullshit charge levied against him for essentially schtupping white women. Cut the crap, son.
@@TheBatugan77 So a law was passed saying he could only fight middleweights, jorneymen and a crumbling relic of Jeffries?
Jack Johnson never married black women and never gave black fighters the chance to take his crown. Great role model for the black community.
Dude was a coward in the ring, mainly fought middleweights and occasionally old people and journey men. Beaten by Willard who was a abhorred fighter who was given a TKO by modern standards a couple years later by Jack Dempsey. Johnson was a poor fighter who ducked all top opponants
His first wife was black. But when he became champion he abandoned her.
@@TheNewHugeCountryBoysIf Johnson was a coward what would you call Sullivan, Jeffries, Corbet Fitzsimmons they all were notorious for ducking black fighters. Jack Johnson was a all time great do your research dude. I only criticised Jack Johnson's antics outside of the ring.
@@jahno7154 They were all cowards too. But that doesnt change Johnson was a coward too.
@@TheNewHugeCountryBoys Jack Johnson a coward ? you don't know the meaning of the word 10 thousand white men in a boxing arena 1 black man everyone wanting him dead having to listen to a tirade of racial abuse and he's smiling back ! oh yeah he really sounds like a coward. He fought all the top black heavyweights of the day on numerous occasions before he came champ Listen black fighters in those days didn't do fear being in a boxing ring was a piece of cake their real battle in life was outside the ring battling racism
People are entitled to date who they feel like bottom line
BLACK
Trump not Obama gave him a full pardon
Obama wouldnt...
Trump did. MAGA!
@Proper Yes because Obama totally pardoned Jack Johnson. 😂😂😂😂
Jack was splitting wigs & busting cheeks, ya heard meh, & had plenty of white showing all they teeth, ya heard meh😐
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YellowPaint100 what does m'k mean
Jamaican
YellowPaint100 New Orleans in this bitch
If Jack Johnson dated trans Bahama would've pardoned him 😂
Peeped this in 1913 Johnson who was also a free mason. Did you know his.masonic lodge was suspended until 1913??? I did my research. I even saw him give a white fighter a free masonry handshake. He lost that fight in round 26. It was the they said he thrown... Thinking how influential he was, he knew what he was doing. Physically not beatable. But he wanted that life. He choose to be flamboyant, uncharacteristic, there wasn't a white man to challenge him physically. But the system could and did. Think of 1913 time frame. Not just free mason but Prince Hall, Alpha, Omega fraternities, a lot was going on.
Antonio Montgomery how can I discuss this further with you?
So unbeatable he drew the color line and wouldn't fight Langford, Gunboat Smith, McVey, Jeanette, for the title instsad beating 160 pound Ketchel and an aging 6 years retired obese Jeffries. So great
@@TheNewHugeCountryBoys he would have beaten Gunboat Smith. Isn't that the guy who got killed falling off a horse? Maybe Langford would have won.
@@nelsonmcatee3721 Langford would have won, Johnson literally ducked Smith after he was brutalized in a sparring match in 1910. Facts dont care about your crying
America...Land of the free,home of the brave?bullshit.
Only one race. The human race. Only differences are blood types and skin pigments.
Tell that to Jack Johnson!
Comment from a white person
Robert Burnett We African-Americans know that, tell that to the KKK & The White American Nationalists
@arabion knights Oh, really....tell us all about it. Douchebag
@arabion knights The truth that there is one overarching "race" and that's the human race? It's very personal to me.
When your dead does anything really matter?
I'm surprised he didn't have a lot of kids lol. He didn't have not one.
How would there be a way of knowing if he had children with all of the women he was sleeping with? Not only white women, but black women, Hispanic women, lord only knows, he may have left more then a couple behind. He was a whore monger of the first degree. That’s my opinion of the Man. Values he did not have, he was a self centered individual. I’m no boxing fan, doesn’t matter to me how many men he beat in the ring. He is not a role model by a long shot, not now, and certain not in his day. God rest his soul.
@@danielpurcell7395 I don't disagree, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't disagree either, he knew he wasn't role model. But what he did in the ring was the stamp on he legacy, but outside the ring you are right on that my friend 👍🏾
Yes he did
Jack Johnson was overrated as he only fought and defeated inferior opponents!
They were inferior because they had inferior technique.
how was he great just being a boxer's that' dont make you great. make you a slave a Prizefighter
Darrel Hicks look at his biography and you'll change your mind quickly.He's one of the greatest human beings to ever walk this planet.
I hope you peeped what The Realist said to you. Jack broke down barriers lesser men couldnt dream of. Faced opposition most couldnt fathom, had to fight an entire government, fought against a entire way of thinking... and did it on his own 2, shoulders back, head held high! Hmm? Yea, see... my question to you would be, if that isnt greatness, what does greatness compromise of then?
Eric Holden is a clown.
Bullshit Jack Johnson was the best in his era! He kicked alot of white boys asses!
jack johnson was a gangster!
Thats Racist he never had gang ties and was a good man
Trump 2020 just saying where was Obama??
Proper ya no on that stepping in to take the credit for the economy turning around all Trump sorry that’s the facts he lifted more democrat red tape bs was a big part of the economy and Obama had a gdp if 1.8 % in Obama’s words the job we lost are never coming Back the best days of America is past her why would someone who knows the economy was going to turn around in like 6 years say something like that it’s ok u don’t like Trump we get it but Trump2020
Proper I am also high
"I'm an actual family member of Jack Johnson - my great aunt's nephew met a second cousin who had a vague relationship with someone who claimed they knew him just before they died. Can I have some money now?"
The name is long gone dead and gone he don’t even remember anything so move on family or not they wasn’t around at that time
You move on, pal. Or you'll be long gone yourself. Punk.
Jack Johnson was just pure Ignorant to society and got everything He Deserved so stop the cry baby stuff lol
I agree he turned his back on his own race.
Much respect to all these white women that got spit on by white men just cause they were happy to be with blacks. Those are strong women right there cause that had to be scary at the time frame they were in cause that is still today Frowned upon